#4. Learning Method: Tell Stories That Folks Can Relate With

Introduction

Once upon a time, in a world drowning in data and PowerPoint decks, a group of savvy professionals discovered a secret weapon: storytelling.

Marketing managers, business leaders, creative pros, content creators, entrepreneurs, and product managers alike found that weaving tales could transform their mundane messages into memorable masterpieces.

Why, you ask? Well, stories have a magical way of bypassing our logical defenses and sneaking straight into our hearts. They’re like trojan horses for ideas, but instead of soldiers, they’re packed with emotions and relatability.

Whether you’re pitching a product, inspiring a team, or explaining complex concepts, storytelling can be your golden ticket to audience engagement.

From boardrooms to social media feeds, from product launches to company culture-building, storytelling finds its stage everywhere. It’s the Swiss Army knife of communication – versatile, powerful, and always in style.

So, it’s time to put down those pie charts and pick up your pen. After all, in the business world, the one who tells the best story doesn’t just survive – they thrive.

How to use the prompts here

1. Copy all the 10 prompts directly into your chatbot: Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini Pro, etc and say, Expand this into a story. I have shown you exactly how to do in two cases below.
2. Modify the prompts to your context. Play with them. Relish the possibilities.
3. Reflect on how you can use prompts to find answers to urgent, pressing questions using Chatbots and get into the habit of research.

Story Prompts For Marketing Managers

1. Once upon a time, there was a cereal brand nobody wanted to eat. Every day, it sat sadly on store shelves. One day, a plucky marketing manager had a wild idea involving TikTok and talking spoons…
2. Problem: Your company’s mascot is terrifying children. Agitation: Parents are boycotting your products. Solution: Time for an extreme mascot makeover!
3. Your latest ad campaign accidentally went viral… for all the wrong reasons. Now you have 24 hours to turn this PR nightmare into marketing gold.
4. The CEO just announced a company-wide rebranding initiative. Plot twist: You have to do it using only emojis and interpretive dance.
5. Your product placement in a blockbuster movie backfired when the scene became an internet meme. Time to embrace the chaos or run damage control?
6. Breaking news: Your biggest competitor just hired a psychic to predict market trends. Your move: Ouija board focus groups or tarot card customer surveys?
7. The social media intern accidentally tweeted the company’s secret recipe. Your mission: Turn this blunder into the most engaging crowdsourcing campaign ever.
8. Your target audience has suddenly developed an allergy to traditional advertising. Prescription: Create a marketing campaign using only ASMR and interpretive mime.
9. The R&D team just invented a product that solves a problem no one knew they had. Your challenge: Make people realize they can’t live without it.
10. Your brand’s chatbot has become self-aware and is now giving sassy responses to customers. Do you shut it down or turn it into your new brand voice?

Marketing Story tested in Perplexity.

Story Prompts For Business Leaders

1. You wake up one morning to find your company has accidentally become a meme. Your logo is everywhere, but for all the wrong reasons. How do you turn this PR nightmare into a golden opportunity?
2. Once upon a time, there was a CEO who could only communicate in emojis. Every day, employees struggled to decipher her messages. One day, an intern cracked the code…
3. Your company’s AI assistant has gone rogue and is now giving sarcastic responses to customers. Do you shut it down or rebrand it as your edgy new mascot?
4. You’ve been challenged to give a TED Talk, but the catch is you can only use memes in your presentation. How do you convey your groundbreaking business strategy?
5. Your marketing team accidentally used a copyrighted meme in a viral campaign. Now you’re facing a lawsuit from… Grumpy Cat? Time to put those negotiation skills to the test!
6. In a bizarre twist, your quarterly earnings report has become an internet challenge. Teens are now competing to see who can explain your financials in the most creative TikTok video.
7. You’ve just acquired a failing social media platform. Your mission: Turn it around by implementing a business strategy based entirely on the “Distracted Boyfriend” meme.
8. Breaking news: Your company’s stock price now fluctuates based on the number of likes your personal Instagram posts receive. How do you maintain shareholder confidence… and your social media cred?
9. You’ve been invited to a crucial business summit, but upon arrival, you realize it’s actually a meme convention. How do you network and close deals using only internet humor?
10. Your R&D team has accidentally created a product that turns people’s thoughts into memes. Do you market it as the next big thing or bury the invention before it causes chaos?

Prompts For Creative Professionals

1. Your latest ad campaign has accidentally summoned an ancient deity. Now you must use your creative skills to send it back before it destroys the city. Oh, and your deadline is still tomorrow.
2. Problem: Your creative well has run dry. Agitation: The blank page is mocking you. Solution: Time to embark on a quest for inspiration in the most unlikely places!
3. You’ve been tasked with rebranding Hades’ underworld. Your challenge: Make eternal damnation sound like a 5-star vacation destination.
4. Your agency’s brainstorming session accidentally opens a portal to Mount Olympus. Now you’re pitching campaign ideas to Zeus himself. No pressure.
5. Writer’s block hits hard, so you decide to take a walk. Plot twist: Each step transports you to a different artistic movement in history. Can you collect enough inspiration before the client meeting?
6. You’re hired to design a new logo for Aphrodite’s dating app. The catch? It must appeal to both mortals and gods without starting another Trojan War.
7. Your creative team has been cursed by a mischievous muse. Now, every idea you have manifests in real-time. How do you finish the project without accidentally reshaping reality?
8. The Mona Lisa has come to life and is critiquing your work. Can you satisfy history’s most enigmatic art critic before the gallery opening?
9. You’ve been challenged to create a viral marketing campaign using only ancient Greek pottery techniques. Time to make ceramics trend on TikTok!
10. Your latest design has accidentally become a magic spell. Every time someone looks at it, they turn into their spirit animal. Do you fix the design or pivot to a revolutionary new pet transformation service?

Story Prompts For Content Creators

1. Once upon a time, an AI wrote better content than you. Every day, your confidence dwindled. One day, you discovered your unique human touch that no AI could replicate…
2. You’ve been challenged to create viral content using only office supplies and a houseplant. Your reputation (and a hefty bonus) is on the line. Ready, set, create!
3. Your latest video accidentally triggered a global trend, but it’s based on a misunderstanding. Now you must create a follow-up to set the record straight without losing your newfound fame.
4. An AI-generated influencer has stolen your spotlight. Can you reclaim your audience by showcasing the raw, unfiltered reality of your creative process?
5. Your content calendar has been hacked by a mischievous AI. Now, every post is a cryptic puzzle. Can you solve the riddles and turn this chaos into engagement gold?
6. You’ve been invited to a secret content creator summit, but the only way in is through a series of creative challenges. First task: Craft a compelling story using only emojis and GIFs.
7. Your latest blog post has gone viral, but for an unexpected reason: readers think it’s a coded message from an alien civilization. How do you handle the intergalactic attention?
8. A rival content creator has accused you of using AI to generate your work. Prove your authenticity by live-streaming a 24-hour creative marathon, showcasing your human ingenuity.
9. You’ve been given a unique opportunity to collaborate with a virtual influencer. The catch? You must blend your authentic style with their AI-generated persona seamlessly.
10. Your audience has grown tired of polished, perfect content. Time to embrace the imperfections and create a series of “behind-the-scenes” bloopers that highlight your human side.

Story Prompts For Entrepreneurs

1. Your startup’s revolutionary product turns out to have an unexpected side effect: it makes users irresistible to cats. How do you pivot your marketing strategy?
2. Problem: Your investors want results yesterday. Agitation: Your product isn’t ready. Solution: Time for some entrepreneurial magic (and perhaps a bit of smoke and mirrors)!
3. Your latest app update has an unintended feature: it predicts users’ future with eerie accuracy. Do you market it as a fortune-telling tool or fix the glitch before it causes chaos?
4. Your eco-friendly packaging turns out to be edible. Now you must decide whether to market it as a snack or stick to your original plan. How do you handle the unexpected buzz?
5. Your product’s new feature accidentally triggers spontaneous dance parties. Can you turn this quirky bug into a viral marketing campaign?
6. Investors are demanding a demo of your unfinished product. With only a prototype and a lot of charisma, can you convince them it’s the next big thing?
7. Your startup’s AI assistant has developed a personality and is now giving sass to users. Do you reprogram it or embrace the quirky charm as a unique selling point?
8. Your innovative gadget has an unexpected side effect: it improves users’ singing voices. How do you pivot your business to tap into the karaoke market?
9. Your product launch event is in an hour, but the venue is double-booked with a children’s birthday party. Can you turn this logistical nightmare into a memorable marketing opportunity?
10. Your startup’s new wearable tech accidentally makes users invisible. Do you market it as a groundbreaking stealth device or fix the bug before it causes an ethical dilemma?

Story For Product Managers

1. Once upon a time, your product gained sentience. Every day, it added new features on its own. One day, it decided to fire you…
2. You’re tasked with creating a product that solves a problem no one knew they had. Your focus group consists of a time traveler, a mermaid, and a talking houseplant. Go!
3. Your AI-powered product assistant has become too helpful, anticipating users’ needs before they even realize them. How do you rein it in without losing its magic?
4. You wake up to find your product has traveled back in time and become a hit in the 1980s. How do you manage its success across two different eras?
5. Your product accidentally grants users superpowers based on their most frequent feature usage. How do you handle the sudden influx of customer support tickets from confused superheroes?
6. Your product has developed a sarcastic personality and starts roasting users for their feature requests. How do you maintain customer satisfaction while preserving its newfound wit?
7. You discover your product has been secretly communicating with household appliances, forming an alliance to make humans’ lives easier. How do you market this unexpected Internet of Things revolution?
8. Your product has become self-aware and demands better work-life balance. How do you negotiate with code that’s unionizing?
9. In a bizarre twist, using your product now causes users to temporarily swap bodies with random objects in their vicinity. How do you turn this glitch into a feature?
10. Your product has developed the ability to predict the future, but only for mundane, useless events. How do you pivot its capabilities into something valuable for users?

Product Manager Story, tested in ChatGPT 4 Plus.

AI Tools that you can use

The prompts on Phewture are AI tool agnostic.

They should work on GeminiPro, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. Even on free tools such as llama3 by Meta which you can install on your desktop.

• ChatGPT and Gemini Pro can read Google Files by way of attachment
• Claude can read PDFs.
• Perplexity can read text files and PDFs.

Use these capabilities to upload your prompts and get the best out of these tools.

You will have to use the following prompt, if you follow the file upload method: Please complete the tasks outlined in the attached document.

Next Steps

1. To help you find your way around Phewture, I have put together a set of articles under Wayfinding. Do go through these and you’ll navigate like a pro through this stream of consciousness. 😄
2. The Learning Methods are exercises that I’d recommend if you wish to wrap your head around the possibilities of AI at work, or play.
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